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I wrote about how anti-China U.S. tech protectionism is stupid, corrupt, incompetently implemented, and normalized by a shitty press

karlbode.comU.S. Anti-China Tech Protectionism Is Sloppy, Corrupt, And StupidU.S. efforts to ban Chinese tech are driven by corruption, crafted by incompetent zealots, and normalized by a shitty corporate press.

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

5G, EVs, Huawei, TikTok, AI: our policymakers endlessly claim they're banning Chinese products to protect national security and privacy, but time and time again it's just incoherent bullshit that achieves none of its purported goals, lazily propped up by corporate media

17/8/26, 3:29 pm7 reposts73 likes

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

17 Aug

this is, to be clear, not my most popular take I can set my watch to somebody accusing me of defending Chinese authoritarians